Storage Networks

Description

Storage Networks will appeal to any systems administrator, architect, or manager with large data resources to manage, rather than being based on a specific vendor offering. This book stresses the application of the technology to non-traditional IT buyers such as video and music production studios and medical diagnostic imaging technicians. With the rapid adoption of digital processing for images and sound, storage networks have a great use outside of the data center. At the same time, the benefits of recoverability, performance, and manageability will benefit any storage network user. This book appeals to both sets of readers. Front Matter....Pages i-xxiv A Walk Around the Technology....Pages 1-32 Hard Disk Technology....Pages 33-50 Networks....Pages 51-84 SCSI: The Specification, Architecture, and Command Set....Pages 85-101 RAID Levels and Logical Volumes....Pages 103-114 File Systems and Network Protocols....Pages 115-127 SAN Backup and Recovery....Pages 129-142 Storage Security....Pages 143-164 Storage Networks Software and Content....Pages 165-188 Do-It-Yourself Network Storage Components....Pages 189-212 Vendor Offerings....Pages 213-232 Making the Business Case for Storage Networks....Pages 233-260 Future Directions for Storage Networks....Pages 261-273 Afterword....Pages 275-276 Back Matter....Pages 277-290